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cabinets. It is well worth the cost of the book ; it is the best cata- 

 logue extant, and would have deserved our unqualified commenda- 

 tion, had it not been for the unfortunate spelling of many of the 

 names. We cannot compliment Mr. C. T. Wood on his style — it is 

 often pedantic, and not always even correct ; but still, with all its 

 imperfections, the first chapter contains hints well worthy attention, 

 and the catalogue will prove useful to the collector. 



Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales. By Thomas Ros- 

 coe, Esq., with 51 engravings, by W. RadclyfFe, from drawings 

 by Cattermole, Cox, Creswick, &c. London : C. Tilt — Birming- 

 ham : Wrightson and Webb. 1836. Royal 8vo. pp. 261. 



Wanderings and Excursions in South Wales, including the Scenery 

 of the River Wye. Parts i. to iv. 



Having already had occasion to notice this beautiful and original 

 work in previous numbers, we do not consider it necessary to present 

 our readers with a lengthy review of it, now that the first part of 

 Mr. Roscoe's undertaking has come to a close. We may, however, 

 observe, that the talent and care we had the pleasure of remarking 

 in the early numbers, are equally conspicuous throughout the work, 

 which is completed in 17 parts. Mr. Roscoe's Wanderings are 

 alike elegant, entertaining, and useful ; and both the letter-press 

 and the admirably-executed plates cannot fail to prove interesting 

 to every one. 



The Wanderings in South Wales are a continuation of the above 

 work, and its plan and character are precisely similar. The style is so 

 chaste, and the descriptions are so glowing and animated, that, but 

 for want of space, we could not have resisted the temptation of mak- 

 ing a few extracts. We look forward with considerable interest to 

 the termination of the work, when we shall again return to these 

 classical pages, and the equally beautiful engravings, by the emi- 

 nent artists employed upon this publication. 



The Phihsophy of Education, with its practical application to a sys- 

 tem and plan of Popular Education as a National Object. By 

 James Simpson, Advocate. Second edition. Edinburgh : A. and 

 C. Black — London : Longman. 1836. fcap. 8vo., pp. 288. 



This is a second edition of Mr. Simpson's deservedly popular 

 treatise, originally published in 1834, and entitled — Necessity of 

 Popular Education, as a National Ohject. The work has under- 

 gone a careful revision, and is now published at a reduced size 

 and price, by omitting the treatise on Homicidal Insanity and 

 Criminal Legislation, which the author proposes to issue in a 

 separate form. To give our readers a detailed analysis of the 

 contents of a work so widely disseminated, would be superflu- 

 ous : it is a publication eminently calculated to correct the errors 

 and prejudices which exist on the important subject of educa- 



